The Cost of Government and the Misuse of Public Assets /

This paper deals with efficiency in the public sector. It argues that the habit of relating efficiency to public spending, as is generally done, may give wrong results when, as is often the case, public institutions use public assets (land, buildings, et cetera) without imputing a cost for that use....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Prakash, Tej
Other Authors: Tanzi, Vito
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2000.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2000/180
Online Access:Full text available on IMF